Transcript Transnationalism and non

Transnational Politics
Keohane/Nye, Introduction
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Registration, digitally aided name recognition, index card
Attendance, papers, presentation, campaign item
Two different views:
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US-based: It’s easy! ethical trade (podcast from: Policy
Innovations): forestry, mining, and fisheries.
European: It’s complex. BBC documentaries (Thursday)
Defining non-state actors (NSAs)
Theories of IR and transnationalism
Reading: Keohane/Nye 1971
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Non-state actors (NSAs)
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What is transnationalism?
What are non-state actors (NSAs)?
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Distinguishing from states and IGOs
What are the goals non-state actors pursue?
What are the means non-state actors use?
What roles do non-state actors play?
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Definition: Transnational relations
Transnational relations are “regular interactions
across national boundaries when at least one actor
is a non-state agent or does not operate on behalf
of a national government or an intergovernmental
organization.”
(Thomas Risse-Kappen, Introduction, in Bringing Transnational Relations Back In:
Non-State Actors, Domestic Structure and International Institutions, Cambridge
University Press 1995, p. 3)
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Challenging state-centrism
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Keohane/Nye, 1971, xii
Four major types of transnational interactions:
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Communication of ideas
Transportation (trade in goods and services)
Finance (FDI, investment)
Travel and movement of people (migration)
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Effects of transnationalism
Increase the sensitivity of societies to one another (1)
and diffusion processes (2) resulting in
(Keohane/Nye, xvi):
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attitude changes
international pluralism (interest groups)
constraints on state actors increase (interdependence)
increasing ability of certain governments to influence
other governments
emergence of autonomous actors with private foreign
policies
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Non-state actors in world affairs
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Three types of transnational non-state actors:
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Multinational Corporations
Non-Governmental Organizations (Global Civil Society)
Drug cartels, terrorists, arms traders, money launderer, human
trafficker, etc.
How are non-state actors different from states or
intergovernmental organizations?
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In contrast to states, NGOs lack sovereign control over population
and territory.
In contrast to IGOs, NGOs are not created by states. They are
created by private citizens.
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Classifying non-state actors
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Transnational vs. local/national
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Profit-making vs. not-for-profit
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Amnesty International vs. Human Rights Watch
Service versus advocacy organization
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Aga Khan Foundation vs. al-Qaeda
Membership vs. non-membership organization
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Exxon/GM vs. Greenpeace
Integrating vs. fragmenting purpose
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Human Rights First vs. NAACP
World Vision vs. Amnesty International
Faith-based vs. secular
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Three types of authority
Multinational corporations (for profit, commerce, market
authority)
Non-governmental organizations (not-for-profit, service
and advocacy, moral authority), global civil society
Drug cartels, terrorists, arms traders, traffickers (illicit,
violent authority)
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Market authority
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Def.: MNCs are enterprises with commercial operations in
more than one country.
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100 largest economies: 51 are MNCs and 49 are states.
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In 1996, 405 out of 500 largest MNCs were headquartered
in the Northern hemisphere: US (162), Japan (126), France
(42), Germany (41), and Great Britain (34).
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1969: about 7,000 MNCs; 2005: 63,312 MNCs with 821,818
foreign affiliates. >> ILO information on MNCs
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Illicit authority
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Criminal networks: borders as a business
opportunity; trafficking of weapons, humans, and
drugs.
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Piracy: the high seas as a stateless sphere;
Somalia, South East Asia, etc.
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Terrorism: the political use of violence and
transnational relations
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Why is transnational crime on the rise?
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State failure: Proliferation of small arms; failing border
controls, etc.
Globalization: increasing and faster financial and
other transactions, etc.
Global inequalities: human trafficking, drug trade,
etc.
Lack of inter-state cooperation: weak United
Nations, lack of coordination among law enforcement,
competing state interests,
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Moral authority
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Global civil society
 Amnesty International, Oxfam, and Greenpeace
 Campaigns against child labor, landmines, for the ICC
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Transnational networks
 Alternative to state and markets: Networks are nonhierarchical, horizontal exchanges based on shared
goals/values.
 NGOs, foundations, churches, media, unions, etc.
 Increased and cheaper travel/communication.
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Global NGO Growth, based on: Yearbook of International Organizations, Vol. 1, 1997/98
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NGOs
NGOs at the United Nations
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1948: 40 NGOs with initial observer status at the
UN
2003: 2,379 NGOs at the UN with consultative
status.
Graph of NGO growth at the UN (P. Willetts)
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Service and advocacy
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Service NGO: Provides direct services to a
population (example: education, health)
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World Vision, Save the Children, Oxfam.
Advocacy NGO: Lobbies for the rights and claims of
others by publishing reports, lobbying, mobilizing
the media and public.
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Amnesty International, Greenpeace.
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